Coverage of the Oscar Pistorius trial was momentarily displaced by the public protector’s Nkandla report. Let me say up-front I believe advocate Madonsela’s marathon media presen... Read more
The eminent American scholar-activist Noam Chomsky published a celebrated critique in 1988 of the media in the United States. The book, entitled Manufacturing Consent, exposes the incestuous... Read more
We are now already deep into the silly season of an ANC-led movement electoral year. At the forefront of trying to promote the silliness are some of the usual hacks in the commercial media... Read more
A comrade from Pietermaritzburg has just brought to my attention an editorial in last Friday’s The Witness (‘Spectre of Censorship’, June 1, 2012). It is a confused piece o... Read more
Recently appointed Sowetan editor, Mpumelelo Mkabela, has been trying to impress his bosses by boosting sales with trashy tabloid stories. Most South Africans will remember how his career as... Read more
In the course of last year the SACP along with its Alliance partners attempted to open up a debate about the state of the media, particularly the print media, in our country. The debate quic... Read more
